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OftenBen · 2840 days ago · link · · parent · post: IPHONES: A Pocket Call within a Call within a Voice Message? Eeep.
Why is it that you can say this and not sound like a nutter, but when I say it, it comes out like Alex Jones on an amphetamine binge?It is a verified fact that when the NSA wishes to record your actions via your smartphone, they can do so utterly without a trace.
Because I'm observing they can if they want, while you're positing they want therefore they are. The NSA has truly toe-curling powers but they also have a monumental disinterest in most people. Mass surveillance is about apathy, not interest: they don't care enough to single you out. Paranoia is the belief that "they" are out to get you. Cynicism is the belief that if they get you, it will be by accident, and you'll be just as fucked.